One evening, just over a week ago, I was walking in Midtown Manhattan when dozens of police cars, sirens blasting, lights flashing, descended on the area. Cops […]
Tag: political violence
An assassination attempt? Don’t let political violence steer elections
Violence has no place in politics in America and yet here we are again, dealing with the possibility of another attempt on Donald Trump’s life. The FBI […]
Threats of violence now drive politics
by Gene Lyons Maybe I’m losing my mojo. For all the chatter about political violence out there, this column hasn’t drawn a death threat in months. Maybe […]
Worried about another U.S. civil war?
by Nicholas Goldberg I don’t believe the United States is on the verge of civil war. I don’t believe it even though a substantial portion of Americans […]
Attack on Paul Pelosi is an attack on democracy
America is now a nation where acts of political violence are so predictable that for months before an assailant broke into the San Francisco home of House […]
Political violence survey results ‘scary’
by Steve Lopez When UC Davis violence researcher Dr. Garen Wintemute queried Americans on political violence, race and threats to democracy, he didn’t know exactly how scary […]
